Improvement in caps



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. BRYANT, OF WELAKA, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR TO LEW'IS A. OSBORN, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,549, dated September23, 186.2.

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. BRYANT, of \Velaka, in the county of Putnamand State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gapsfor Military, Naval, and other Purposes; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofan infantrycaphaving my improvement thereon; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of acavalry-cap, also having my improvements thereon.

The same letters indicate like parts in both figures.

By referring to the drawings the nature and object of my invention willbe readily understood.

A, Figs. 1 and 2, is the body of the cap, and is composed of wire-clothor other equivalent metal substance, and constructed in any advantageousway and ofthe requisite style and shape.

B, Figs. 1 and 2, is a band, which may be formed of leather, cloth, ormet-al,and to which is attached the body A, substantially asrepresented.

In Fig. 2, O O are guard-bars, of metal or other equivalent substance,attached to or inclosing the body A, substantially as represented. Thesebars are introduced for purposes of strength as well as of ornament, butmay be omitted.

The drawings represent only military caps;

but my invention is applicable also to naval and citizens caps, and alsoto bats, bonnets, and tnrbans.

The advantages of my invention consist in the elasticity,durability,andelegance of style and form of the cap produced by it, and also in theadaptation of the cap for a southern climate, or for the heat of summer,as it is far cooler and more grateful to the brow and head than anyordinary cap. When needed to be used as a storm-cap, it will onlyrequire the application of a cover of cloth or oiled silk.

For military or naval purposes it would be a protection againstsword-cuts, especially with the guard-bars represented in Fig. 2.

I am aware that helmets have been constructed of metal, and that thishas at times been reticulated, the visor being made of woven wire. I amalso aware that wire has been extensively used in forming bonnets todetermine their configuration, with various stays parallel andtransverse to preserve them in form. I claim none of these devices oruses of wire; but

hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cap formed of woven wire, adapted to be worn without other coveri ng,and also to receive such covering as the vicissitudes of the season orthe vocation or taste of the wearer may require, all substantially asdescribed.

JAMES V. BRYANT.

Witnesses:

BENNET OsBoRN, WILLIAM NOWLAN.

